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FOLIO.YVR

Celebrating West Coast Luxury Lifestyle | Elevated Consciousness

Category / ☆ Issue #19 – Summer 2023

crossroads kitchen, resorts world, las vegas, helen siwak, folioyvr, vancouver, bc

Chef Tal Ronnen Introduces Las Vegas to Elevated Plant-based Dining with Crossroads Kitchen

In March 2013, Chef Tal Ronnen partnered with the now-infamous Travis Barker to open the first Crossroads Kitchen at the corner of Melrose and Sweetzer in Los Angeles. There his team offered up mouthwatering Mediterranean meals in a refined environment making Crossroads unique and contrary to what people picture when they think of a vegan...

resorts world, las vegas, folioyvr, luxury hotel, lifestyle, helen siwak

Resorts World Las Vegas: Las Vegas’ Most Inclusive Vacation Location

Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV), the Strip’s newest integrated resort to open in over a decade, offers travellers a world-class high-tech ’resort within a resort’ experience that welcomes cash, credit cards and cryptocurrency and takes wagers with a mobile wallet. Situated at the north end of the Strip where the iconic Stardust once ruled, it...

art of aufguss, resorts world, crystal healing, reiki, cupping, awana spa, helen siwak, folioyvr, vancouver, las vegas

Awana Spa Introduces the ‘Art of Aufguss’ to Your Spa Experience

Upon opening, Awana Spa + Wellness at Resorts World Las Vegas debuted an experience not available elsewhere in the country. In addition to creating a luxurious destination spa experience with treatments inspired by European and Eastern rituals, it was the theatrical Art of Aufguss that piqued the interest of those visiting. This ritual was originally...

sonia mangat, charles zuckermann, etalk, helen siwak, folioyvr, vancouver, bc, yvr

Catching Up with Media Personality Sonia Mangat in Toronto

Following her strong values and positive approach, television and lifestyle personality Sonia Mangat lives life to the fullest every day. She leverages her sizable digital platform to highlight several causes near her heart, to share workplace behind-the-scenes moments, and offer a peak into her longstanding passion for flower arranging through her beautiful ‘side hustle’ Fleurs...

hedy chan, manuel bernaschek, fazioli, showcase pianos, downtown vancouver, westbank, helen siwak, folioyvr

Showcase Pianos Presents: Hedy Chan, Renowned & Award-Winning Soprano

Award-winning Hong Kong-based Soprano Hedy Chan is a champion of nurturing and encouraging all to follow their passion. From a young age, she dedicated her life to achieving the most incredible heights in vocal performance and is constantly pushing herself to fulfill her grandiose dreams. During her childhood, Chan possessed an unwavering passion for captivating...

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Issue #19 – Publisher’s Message by Helen Siwak, EIC

Welcome to Folio.YVR Luxury Lifestyle Magazine‘s celebration of SUMMER! Now is the time when we begin shifting our focus from the ever-present hustle to taking time away, whether just for a few hours, a couple of days, or a significant break from it all. With this issue, I am pleased to share our third story...

fashion fictions, vancouver art gallery, helen siwak, folioyvr, vancouver, downtown vancouver, bc, balmain, moncler, indigenous designers

The VAG Launches Innovative & Celebratory ‘Fashion Fictions’ Exhibition

Fashion Fictions is an ambitious exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery that explores experimental design practices at the intersection of fashion and other modes of cultural production. Featuring more than 50 designers from around the world, the exhibition explores the influence of research-based, materially driven practices on the global fashion scene while acknowledging the proliferation...

hublot, takashi murakami, classic fusion, helen siwak, folioyvr, vancouver, bc, luxury zone, alberni street

Hublot x Takashi Murakami Collab Creates a Rainbow of Desire

Hublot and Takashi Murakami have continued their creative dialogue with an exciting fourth collaboration. This collaboration has thirteen new timepieces, each paired with an NFT, fuse watchmaking innovation and contemporary art. The watches feature the artist’s iconic smiling flower perfectly harmoniously with Hublot’s renowned expertise. “When I visited the Hublot manufacturer in Switzerland for the...

tiffany & co, jean schlumberger, emily lin, bird on a rock, bird on a pearl, helen siwak, luxury, high jewelry, vancouver, bc, yvr

Tiffany & Co’s ‘Bird on a…’ Collections Bring J. Schlumberger to a New Audience

One of the 20th century’s most gifted artists, Jean Schlumberger, created objects of unparalleled beauty during his tenure with Tiffany & Co. He was a man of refined taste—an artist who conceived spectacular jewelled statements with an incredible sense of dimension and life. Schlumberger was uninhibited in his conceptualizations of flora and fauna, at once...

stevie crowne, demi-couture, helen siwak, yvr, vancouver, repurposed, fashion, ecoluxury, aw23 phoenix

Demi-Couture Designer Stevie Crowne Takes Repurposing to Next Level

Over a decade ago, a young designer started making waves in the Vancouver fashion scene. Armed with a bag of thrifted garments, scissors, spray paint, glue, thread, needles and pins, Stevie Crowne was preparing for a pop-up in TheClosetYVR, a short-lived luxury vintage reseller in Gastown. A little shy but filled with dreams, Crowne won...

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